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A tech that gives viking ship +1 carry capacity allowing player to combine a defensive infantry and damage dealing archer in the same ship so it is more difficult to kill a viking ship, goes well with huskarls and axe throwers

Cost: 4 turns
Builder: Nordic Hall

+1 carry capacity for viking ships

The vikings have expanded their ships to b able to carry more soldiers to prepare for their invasion

Looks perfect

I think Endru explained that 2 Carry Space on Viking Ships isn't balanced, somewhere in the forum. Not really sure.

Giving it more carry space would allow for tc-like defence tactics.
I wouldn't ever want to see fire archer hidden behind hoplite.
As for the cost change for 5 - I am not sure it's really needed.
Longships have unique properties, which allows for unconventional tactics - it has it's use.

-Endru.

How? Viking ship isnt difficult to beat, just a trireme and a row boat carrying swordsman is enough to capture 1 viking ship, if 2 capacity viking ship is op then wat about 3 cap siege tower or 4 cap galleon?

And viking ship costs 6 turns to make

1 ballista ship alone can kill most infantry, how much op can viking ship b with 2 infantry inside?

There is also cannon ships

I dont think fire archer hidden behind 31 hp hoplite is more op than 3-4 fire archers hidden behind 100+ hp siege tower or galleon

I kinda agree with godofking.

If I have to say, being able to build them by workers would be even more nice.

After all, later ships with cannon would make them pretty obsolete so I'd say it's already alright for them to have some tweakings.

in fact the Viking ship is much weaker, despite having the ability to assault, to manage to carry a troop, it is very weak in terms and expensive, an improvement of this type would already help

actually axe throwers r really good against ships so viking ship with axe throwers will b fun to use